Chapter 18 of Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known is here in full — 277 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known is here in full — 277 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT. I. Is this thy bravery, Man! is this thy pride! Rebel to God, and slave to all beside! Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
Chapter 18 of Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known is here in full — 277 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading “Is this thy bravery, Man! is this thy pride!”
a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
From this reading “THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!”
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading “Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!”
plural of “plague” — a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
From this reading “THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Rebel to God, and slave to all beside!”
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading “Rebel to God, and slave to all beside!”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Rebel to God, and slave to all beside!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rebel to God, and slave to all beside!
next to; at the side of
From this reading Rebel to God, and slave to all beside!
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading Is this thy bravery, Man! is this thy pride!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
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From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
From this reading THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Rebel to God, and slave to all beside!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is this thy bravery, Man! is this thy pride!
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Is this thy bravery, Man! is this thy pride!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT.
and nothing more
From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
plural of “plague” — a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
From this reading THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT.
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading Is this thy bravery, Man! is this thy pride!
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Rebel to God, and slave to all beside!
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading Rebel to God, and slave to all beside!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Captived by everything! and only free To fly from thine own liberty!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Is this thy bravery, Man! is this thy pride!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Is this thy bravery, Man! is this thy pride!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rebel to God, and slave to all beside!
Chapter 18 of Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known by George [Editor] Gilfillan holds 277 sentences, grouped into 56 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 18 holds 277 sentences of Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known, unabridged, divided into 56 reading sections.
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